Emoji & Symbols

Emoji & Symbols in Raycast lets you search for any emoji, flag, or Unicode symbol by name or description in natural language, then paste it directly into your active input field at lightning speed.

Start typing to search for emojis or symbols. Raycast matches against the symbol name, its category, and any custom keywords you've added. Use the category filters in the Navigation Bar to browse by group (Smileys & People, Symbols, Flags, and more).

AI Results

AI Results uses natural language understanding to find emojis based on meaning rather than keywords. AI Results automatically show when there are no matches, or you can press Tab on direct matches to show AI-suggested alternatives.

Custom Keywords

Assign custom keywords to any emoji or symbol so you find it faster next time. You can search by Unicode name and custom keywords interchangeably.

1. Open the Search Emoji & Symbols command
2. Highlight the emoji you'd like to edit, then use the Edit Custom Keywords action from the Action Panel
3. Enter the custom keywords you'd like to assign to the emoji
4. Save the updated emoji

Actions

Pressing Enter will paste the highlighted emoji or symbol directly into your active input field. Emoji & Symbols also includes additional actions:

Action	Mac	Windows
Copy to Clipboard	⌘ Enter	Ctrl Enter
Paste and Keep Window Open	Shift ⌘ Enter	Shift Ctrl Enter
Copy Unicode	⌥ ⌘ C	Shift Ctrl C
Pin/Unpin Emoji	⌘ .	Ctrl .
Assign Custom Keywords	⌘ E	Ctrl E

Tips and Tricks

• Pin your favorites. Pinned emojis always appear at the top of the grid
• Use AI Results for discovery. Press Tab to see alternative emoji suggestions for any search
• Enable auto-save for AI keywords. Turn on Save AI-generated custom keywords in Raycast Settings to instantly surface repeated searches using the same keywords
• Set a global hotkey. Assign a keyboard shortcut in settings to open Emoji & Symbols from any app. You can even reassign the built-in emoji picker hotkey on macOS and Windows to Raycast's Emoji & Symbols instead

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